drg@rlvd.UUCP (Duncan Gibson) (12/11/85)
I've been reading this newsgroup for a while now, and I have noticed that most of the articles relate to Ethernet. I would be interested to what other technolgies are in use, especially in the States. I have just completed some work relating to the Cambridge Ring, which is a slotted ring system. I know that some sites within the UK have done a lot of work with the Cambridge Ring (such as ukc and cheviot) Is there interest in this sort of thing in the rest of the world? Please email, and I will summarise if there is enough interest! -- UUCP: ..!ukc!rlvd![rlvc!]drg ARPA: drg%rl.vc@ucl.cs JANET: drg@rl.vc
drg@rlvd.UUCP (Duncan Gibson) (01/15/86)
When I posted the original query about non-ethernet lan technologies, I expected that a great many people would be prepared to share their wealth of experience in other areas, but it appears not. I would like to thank the people who made the effort to reply. [The addresses were a mixture of UUCP and JANET due to different mailers, I hope that the routes I have given from a major site will work!] From ..mcvax!ukc!reading!paul > > We use the Cambridge Ring as the main network within the Computer > Science Department here at Reading University (UK). We have carried > out some development on the 38 bit ring relating to host front-ending > and high performance interfacing. My thesis was concerned with the > performance of the ring both at the hardware level and at the higher > protocol layers. From ..mcvax!ukc!reading!minster!forsyth > > I'm interested in non-Ethernet systems, although we will end up > running Ethernet because it is quite difficult to get Ring kit > for American machines. I'd prefer to have a Cambridge or token ring, From ..seismo!rick > > We use PRONET, made by Proteon Associates in Natick, MA. > > It's a star shaped, token passing ring. It works fine at 10Mbps and > doesn't suffer from collisions like an ethernet. They have recently > come out with an 80Mbps version. -- UUCP: ..!mcvax!ukc!rlvd!drg JANET: drg@uk.ac.rl.vc ARPA: drg%rl.vc@ucl.cs.arpa